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is there much of a differance between 1/18 and 1/16 im thinking of buying some 1/18 german figures

    chris

Not really mate as Human are all different sizes so no one will notice unlike the vehicles.
I and many others use 1/18 with our 1/16 stuff

andy

thanks andy thats just what i wanted to hear

  chris

from what I have seen there is alot of sifference in the size, the 1/16 figures stand at 120mm tall 1/18 figures are 102mm tall, a difference of 18mm, also take into account thatthis means head, hands ect are smaller so mixing 1/16th and 1/18th figures in close proximity I personally wouldnt do, but each to their own. 

The 18mm differance means that the 1/16 guy is 6'6" the 1/18 guy is 5'7". In the photo below, the tank commander with his back to the camera has a 16th body Heng Long and his legs and bum are 1/18 21st Cent. I should call him stumpy but hay, not all of us are built the same

A good area for cheap 1/18 figures is the Indiana Jones ones I got a lot of German and Russian soldiers also a German truck and field car and a motorcycle if you have cheap £1 shops its even better

Make them look young. Near the end of the war the Germans were using boys as young as 12.

The only problem with mixing scales is the equipment will be different sizes as well.

It depends on were you use them on a diorama further back or out in front

I use 1/18 and 1/16 figures on my tanks just don't put them too close together in the same scene here is a picture of 1/18 figures in a 1/15 hummel
Stevie

I cant see any problem there at all looks good